There’s life living

There’s being human

There are different dimensions to being human, different dimensions to life living, different dimensions to existing

 

I believe potential is to be realized

And I do believe it is innate to attempt to realize that potential

I believe we are born with an innate desire to live, to explore, to love, to create

 

What goes wrong?

Many things right?

There are hundreds ways to choose — but you can only choose one (at a time)

There are hundreds changes to be made — but you think you already are bound to your path

There are infinitely many possibilities — but that’s also infinitely many disappointments, failures, sacrifices

There is this overabundance of choices, challenges, desires, ideas

You come fresh into this world and you want it all

But then you begin to ACQUIRE

And then you become attached to all of that

And eventually your attachment to what you accumulated: materially, intellectually, socially, culturally and spiritually and philosophically and existentially — it becomes more precious then what you COULD discover, could unravel, could explore

Some of us saturate quicker, some of us remain more open, more fresh, more hungry

 

I wrote once how attachment alone is holding you back

But what if you’re not even aware of your attachment?

What if you’re not even aware you are being held back?

What if your “success” is holding you back?

What if you’re stuck “maxing out” a single aspect of life, deriving your entire sense of identity and purpose from it — while unawarely neglecting other dimensions of it — ultimately FAILING IT, as a whole?

 

There are the “typical losers”: those that lose in every aspect of their lives. Those that stopped moving

But then there are those who apparently keep moving, keep elevating — except it’s one dimensional, and to the detriment of other dimensions and aspects of life. Let’s call them “false winners”

 

We come into this world with an innate desire to live, to experience, to explore, to create

We then acquire certain values as we go through our lives

Certain ideas of what is GOOD, what we WANT, what is POSSIBLE

We want to get that which we think is good and that which is possible

We want to be good and have good

Our contrived idea of what is “good” overlaps to some extent with this innate calling to LIVE, that is within us

And in some ways it is at odds

 

Yes we learned all this fucking nonsense of what is good

What it means to be good, to live good, to look good, to feel good

And we lose our ability to LIVE TRULY

As we reduce our ambition to realizing that narrow idea of “GOOD” that has been installed in our psyche

With whatever intensity we deem “good enough” for the realization of that great “good”

 

And WHAT IS GOOD?

Success?

Recognition?

Honour?

Betterment?

Happiness?

Kindness?

Freedom?

Power?

Money?

Love?

God?

Blood?

 

What is your good?

What is the “good” you pick from this list?

How much are you willing to give for the realization of that “good”?

And what other “good” are you sacrificing in the name of that good?

 

Most of us are “typical losers” — with no great “good” associated with them and their existence

But then there are the “false winners” — the one dimensional products of a pursuit of a singular, one-dimensional good:

There’s some winner in the POWER game

There’s some winner in the MONEY game

There’s some winner in the POPULARITY game

There’s some winner in the INTELLECTUAL game

There’s some winner in the KINDNESS game

There’s some winner in the ORGANISED RELIGION game

There’s some winner in the SAINTHOOD game

Every level has it’s king

 

I do believe it is a failure to dedicate one’s only life to but a single pursuit

It is often good for the collective, mind you. We collectively need those sacrificing themselves for that singular, asymmetric impact that they are going to make in this single domain to which they dedicated their lives. We will all benefit from their extreme achievement

But i do believe it is a failure of life-living

I believe it is an easy way out

And also — I believe it is on average net-negative to everyone involved

Because I believe extreme success is a distraction

Too often it masks a terrible weakness, terrible flaw

And I do believe this extreme success compensates for the degeneration in other dimensions

And that I believe is a net negative for everyone involved

Such extreme success is no sign of true success, life success, existential success — it’s a sign of failure

 

I believe one should win in EVERY DIMENSION OF LIFE

One should become very proficient in every aspect of life

I think one should be good at very many things

I believe one should realize the fantastic potential that comes with being human, conceived into this existence on this planet

 

I do not delude myself that it is possible to be good at everything

I do not espouse this as a solution to moral or spiritual or whatever doubts

And by “dimension of life” I do not necessarily have in mind how we — XXI century people — classify different aspects of life.

What I do believe however is that there is a certain truth to this existence, and certain innate calling within us all — that is being drowned throughout our lives — to which is it imperative to reconnect

This, I believe, is a way to live life

And this is THE success

 

This is THE success

And not what we call a success

And not the idols we have

LEARN from the “winners” all you can learn — in THEIR area of expertise

Learn NOTHING from them OUTSIDE of their area of expertise

And ultimately learn to NOT be like them

Learn to NOT be a one-dimensional winner whose really a life-failure

And I’m not saying this lightly. Our idols really are failures

And WE are failures

Life is SO MUCH MORE

SO MUCH MORE

There’s so much more to do, so much more to learn,

Being good and being wise and being strong and being present and being happy and being peaceful and making an impact

Please, BE more